Sylmar

Portions of the 210 Freeway in Sylmar and Lake View Terrace will be closed beginning Monday night, while crews remove overhead signs. All westbound lanes of the freeway will be closed between Osborne Street and Paxton Street from 11 p.m. Monday through 5 a.m. Tuesday, according to Caltrans. The westbound Osborne Street/Foothill Boulevard on-ramp and the westbound connector to the…

U.S. Forest Service fire management officials are seeking 30 candidates for the fourth annual Women-in-Wildfire Basic Training Camp based at Little Tujunga Hotshot headquarters in Sylmar, it was announced Tuesday. The six-day camp, which begins on Nov. 16, is designed to introduce and prepare women for entry-level wildland firefighter jobs throughout California and surrounding states. “Led by female firefighters who…

A Bridge Home facility opened Monday in the northeast San Fernando Valley to house 85 homeless women in the area. The Sylmar shelter, named “The Arroyo,” is located in a former armory previously owned by the state of California at 12860 Arroyo St. and will be operated by the nonprofit LA Family Housing. “Four years ago, it was (Los Angeles…

A curious bear spotted roaming around a Sylmar golf course and neighborhood was tranquilized Monday morning. The bear came from El Cariso Regional Park golf course and began wandering near Hubbard Street and Eldridge Avenue, wildlife authorities said. It wandered near Los Angeles Mission College before heading into a residential area. The animal was tranquilized by wildlife authorities and tagged….

LAPD Mission Station reported a bear walking on a golf course and around a neighborhood, before authorities tranquilized the animal June 22, 2020.

Authorities Tuesday identified one of two men fatally shot at a family gathering in Sylmar over the weekend by unidentified assailants who remain at large. The shooting occurred in the 12900 block of Borden Avenue, near Sylmar High School, about 6:40 p.m. Sunday. Ivan Flores, 35, of Sylmar died at the scene, according to the coroner’s office. Another man died…

Officers on Sunday released the name of the 58-year-old volunteer fatally injured when he was pinned between two vehicles at a coronavirus food drive in Sylmar. The man was identified as Arturo Melendez of San Fernando, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. Los Angeles Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez said on Saturday that she plans to introduce new safety...

As seen on Today in LA on Sunday, April 19, 2020.

Los Angeles Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez plans to introduce new safety legislation after Friday’s death of a 58-year-old volunteer at a food drive in Sylmar, where the victim was pinned between two vehicles while loading food. Rodriguez said she will introduce legislation to increase on-site traffic safety measures to ensure safe ingress and egress, as well as proper loading procedures....

The Los Angeles Superior Court’s Sylmar courthouse, which handles juvenile cases in two courtrooms, was ordered shut down for three days Sunday after a public defender assigned to the courthouse tested positive for COVID-19. Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile ordered the closure. He said he was notified Saturday that a deputy public defender contracted the virus while caring for...

Two people were killed Friday when a single-propeller airplane crashed in Sylmar. The crash near the Golden State (5) Freeway was reported at 2:52 p.m., said county fire department spokesman Marvin Lin. “It’s actually in the hills above the Sunshine Canyon Landfill, near the intersection of Sunshine Canyon and San Fernando Road,” said county fire department spokesman Sean Ferguson....

One person was critically hurt, likely a toddler, and four others taken to the hospital in a two-car crash in Sylmar, the California Highway Patrol said Friday. The crash occurred at 2:37 p.m. on the eastbound 210 Freeway near the 5 Freeway. Los Angeles City Fire officials said a 3-year-old boy was reportedly ejected from his car seat. Others who…

The family of 31-year-old Gregory Baltazar says they want to remember his big smile, his big eyes and his big heart. Instead, they’re forced to relive his murder every day.

Shaken neighbors talk about what they saw and heard before a BMW smashed into seven parked cars in Sylmar. Jane Yamamoto reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30, 2019.

The free, open-to-the public event will include tours of the Sylmar campus.

A man in his 20s who was wanted in connection with a murder and a liquor store robbery was killed Wednesday in an officer-involved shooting in Van Nuys.

A woman and three children who were suspected of being involved in a kidnapping were found alive while re-entering the U.S. from Mexico. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019.

A police pursuit of an SUV in the San Fernando Valley area ended Tuesday night.

Officials at the Wildlife Waystation animal sanctuary, which closed its doors Aug. 13 and is relocating the nearly 500 animals at the facility, asked Tuesday for public support to help maintain care for the animals and support its staff during the relocation process.

Mired in financial and management difficulties aggravated by fire and flood damage sustained in recent years, the Wildlife Waystation animal sanctuary outside Sylmar was officially shuttered Tuesday, and efforts began to relocate the nearly 500 animals at the facility.